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Q12: Are big-name Calvinists arrogant and unloving? Mike pushes back on the generalization while acknowledging a real temptation within Calvinism

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 22) 00:45:33 – 00:48:07

Viewer Steve Carruthers claims big-name Calvinists in general are arrogant and unloving and asks if this disqualifies them.

Mike pushes back: John Piper and R.C. Sproul are not super arrogant or unloving. He acknowledges a real temptation within Calvinism — the structure of the theology can make one feel they possess an essential truth others lack, which breeds superiority. But this can happen to Arminians too. Mike insists on evaluating Calvinism by biblical texts, not by the behavior of some Calvinists. He references the 'young, restless, and reformed' movement as a recent period that spread a blunt attitude among new Calvinists, potentially feeding arrogance.

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